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Federal judge upholds La. same-sex marriage ban
Townhall ^ | Sep 03, 2014 | AP

Posted on 09/03/2014 10:09:12 AM PDT by xzins

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To: xzins

Sounds like good news, but how is it distinguished in substance from the USSC’s holding when it threw out DOMA?


41 posted on 09/03/2014 12:50:33 PM PDT by dinoparty
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To: dinoparty

Oh, I get it. The DOMA case said DOMA can’t be used to invalidate state law legalizing same sex marriage. This case says that states have the right to outlaw same sex marriage.


42 posted on 09/03/2014 12:53:40 PM PDT by dinoparty
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To: dinoparty

If you are a corporate president or vice president, probably best if you use an assumed name in posting support for this ruling.


43 posted on 09/03/2014 12:56:31 PM PDT by skams19
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To: xzins

finally. we won one. praise God!


44 posted on 09/03/2014 1:02:58 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: Theoria
I'm proud that a fellow Tulane alum has made this ruling. It's almost enough to offset the shame that James Carvile and Melissa Harris-Perry have brought upon my beloved alma mater.
45 posted on 09/03/2014 1:13:31 PM PDT by clintonh8r (It's possible to love your country and hate your government. I'm proof of it.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Reagan also nominate O’Connor and Kennedy, neither was a reliable conservative vote.

Can't argue with that, but at least they were a little better than Kagan or the wise Latina.

Also, he does get extra credit for Scalia.

46 posted on 09/03/2014 1:16:35 PM PDT by Marathoner (869 days of this bastard to go.)
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To: xzins

One Federal judge upholds gay marriage ban, another one decides it is unconstitutional.

Is it possible to have a union where one set of laws regarding marriage is recognized in some states but not others?


47 posted on 09/03/2014 1:25:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

How about each state gets to decide for itself


48 posted on 09/03/2014 1:32:17 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: xzins

This guy needs a monument named in his honor right now before it gets over turned.


49 posted on 09/03/2014 1:36:05 PM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: xzins

Reagan appointee


50 posted on 09/03/2014 1:37:52 PM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: dinoparty; P-Marlowe

I thought scotus actually said no more than that it injures a homosexual couple to deny them benefits of marriage in one state if they are considered married in another. Am I misunderstanding what was decided about DOMA?


51 posted on 09/03/2014 1:41:04 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: xzins
...U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman...

I always did like the guy.


52 posted on 09/03/2014 1:54:58 PM PDT by LaybackLenny (Sarah Palin - Last Man Standing (Ironic, ain't it?))
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To: xzins

A Reagan appointee. Formerly Army JAG.


53 posted on 09/03/2014 2:03:11 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: xzins

YEA!..


54 posted on 09/03/2014 2:36:02 PM PDT by JSDude1
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To: Marathoner

YEP, and notice that his nomination HAD to be APPROVED BY U.S. SENATE- Kind of makes you think that the people that want to Pooh, pooh Republicans taking the Senate because of a few bad RINOS are incredibly short-sighted or temporarily insane!!


55 posted on 09/03/2014 2:38:26 PM PDT by JSDude1
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To: Mouton

the problem is in the low end state court judges.


56 posted on 09/03/2014 2:41:18 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: xzins

Now there`s a judge that wants to go to heaven...Praise The Lord!


57 posted on 09/03/2014 2:45:08 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (Justice for Officer Darren)
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To: xzins

UNBELEIVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!


58 posted on 09/03/2014 2:50:45 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: xzins; All
Patriots need to know why the first 20+ federal judges wrongly decided that state gay marriage bans are unconstitutional. I don't know if these judges were indoctrinated with the wrong ideas is law school, or if they are pro-gay activists, but below are excerpts from official sources which show why using the 14th Amendment's (14A) Equal Protections Clause to declare state marriage bans unconstitutional don't hold water.

Not only did John Bingham, the main author of Section 1 of 14A where the Equal Protections Clause is found, clarify in the congressional record that 14A applies only express protections amended to the Constitution by the states to the states, but the Supreme Court had essentially clarified the same thing about three years after Bingham's clarification.

So since the states have never amended the Constitution to expressly protect so-called gay "righs," 14A has no constitutionally enumerated rights to apply to the states to protect gay agenda issues. So the states are free to make 10th Amendment-protected laws which discriminate against gay issues, as long as such laws don't also unreasonably abridge constitutionally enumerated rights.

Also, regardless what the corrupt media wants everybody to believe about the Supreme Court deciding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional, Section 2 of DOMA is still in effect.

DOMA Section 2. Powers reserved to the states

No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other State, territory, possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such relationship.

Note that DOMA's Section 2 is reasonably based on the Constitution's Full Faith and Credit Clause, Clause 1 of Article IV, which gives Congress the power to decide the effect of one state's records in the other states.

59 posted on 09/03/2014 2:57:01 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Alas Babylon!

Yep, but how about we start with capturing the Senate and strengthening our hold on the House in 2014?


60 posted on 09/03/2014 3:08:20 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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